Rabu, 05 Oktober 2011

Morpheme

AssignmentII

1.What is Morpheme?

(A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word (such as dog) or a word
element (such as the -s at the end of dogs) that can't be divided
into smaller meaningful parts. Adjective:morphemic.Morphemes are
commonly classified into free morphemesand
bound morphemes.)

2.Type of Morpheme:

·Free Morpheme
a morpheme that can stand alone as a word without another morpheme. It
does not need anything attached to it to make a word.

·Bound Morpheme
a sound or a combination of sounds that cannot stand alone as a word. The
sin cats is a bound morpheme, and it does not have any
meaning without the free morpheme cat.

3.Form of Morpheme:

ØDerivational:if the stem words added
by suffix that change the meaning.